Bobcat (AW)

[Un Autre Monde]

Bobcat
^{first posted March 2009}

WEIGHT: 150g
DIMENSIONS: 110 x 85 x 70 mm (with arm raised)
SHAPE: Wedge with rear wedge, the crusher and supports poking out of the top of the robot
COLOUR: Bobcat faux-fur fabric
DRIVE: 2 KG17 17:1 gearmotors run at 12.6v from a 250mah 3 cell 12.6v lithium polymer battery pack, driving two rubber tyred 24mm diameter inner wheels
SPEED: Very fast
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at front due to plastic OHP film and spring steel blade, rises to about 2mm at the rear
ARMOUR: 1.5mm polypropylene with 0.2mm spring steel on the front and OHP film to get in underneath opponents. The crusher is 1mm welded titanium.
WEAPONS: Electrically driven crusher, run from a 100:1 Inertia Labs SRV gearmotor run at 12.6v driving a lead screw that attaches to the crusher behind its pivot. The crusher is made of varying thicknesses (generally 1mm) of welded titanium and polycarbonate reinforcing and has a hardened tip, and can go through 2mm polycarbonate and penetrate and buckle lots of other materials up to about 3mm.
SRIMECH: 6g Spektrum sub-micro digital servo driving a small self righting arm that self rights it to the left
NOTES: Weight check on request
STRENGTHS: Good, effective weapon, can end fights very quickly if it pierces opponents' batteries. Fast, powerful, and generally tough
WEAKNESSES: The seeming inability of some people to spell 'polypropylene' correctly